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American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727-100, crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, while on a domestic scheduled passenger flight originating at T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island and ending at Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, with an intermediate stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport. 37 out of the 88 passengers on board died in the accident.
A Kestrel Convair C-131F, registration N8277Q performing a freight flight from St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands) to unknown destination with 2 crew, departed St. Thomas' runway 28 and was in the initial climb around 07:47L (11:47Z) when the tower observed smoke from the left-hand engine (P&W R-2800). The crew declared emergency reporting an engine ...
December 28, 1970: American Airlines Flight 505 operating as Trans Caribbean Airways, a 727-200; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands: The pilot made a hard landing, which caused the aircraft to bounce, followed by a second touchdown, which caused the main landing gear to fail. The aircraft overran the runway and hit an embankment.
Seaborne Virgin Island Inc, operating as Seaborne Airlines, is a FAR Part 121 airline headquartered in Carolina, Puerto Rico, near the territory's capital of San Juan. It operates a seaplane shuttle service between St. Croix and St. Thomas. Originally headquartered on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, the company relocated to Puerto Rico in 2014.
American Airlines Flight 625: St. Thomas: U.S. Virgin Islands: Boeing 727-100: The aircraft touched down too far down the runway due to improper flap settings and attempted a go around, but then aborted it, failing to utilize reverse thrust in a timely manner and overran the runway. August 30, 1975 10 22 22 Wien Air Alaska Flight 99: Gambell ...
This is a list of airports in the United States Virgin Islands (a U.S. territory), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport cod
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On December 28, 1970, Trans Caribbean Airways Flight 505, a Boeing 727-200 (registered N8790R), made a hard landing and ran off the side of the runway of what was then known as Harry S. Truman Airport in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, today known as Cyril E. King Airport. Two of the 48 passengers on board died in a subsequent fire, and the ...